and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get

and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get the principles together. people are starting to buy into it. it's a learning process. it's not just, punishing kids more. they are used to be punished. my momma hits harder than that. we need to have systems in place that view it a little differently. from the victim's point of view. and deal with it on an emotional level. people can relate to that. i think our biggest problem is the district doesn't have the capacity to address when all these groups come out it. it's not that we don't want to deal with it. we don't have a grant writer. we don't have the interfaces. tony smith. we have been working with creating those types of things. the city have be

it is the parents, the teachers, the students, our beacon support from the rest -- richmond district neighborhood. it is from the league office. it is from the benchmark assessments we have been given. at the end run, we have seen that 82% of our parents, when asked if they love this school, say yes, they love this school. [applause] i want to invite some of our students up. these are the real deal. these are the ones that you hog as they walk down the hall because they have done such good work. we were very strategic in this. we made sure we pulled together groups of students, and we found a name and a face with them. we put together a special form. their pictures, test scores, grades, what they did work on it, and we took the information and gave it to the district, and they change their formats so that we can know and get closer to the students. this is jordan wilson, and he will speak for the students. tell us how it changed. >> how it changed? well, first of all, good afternoon. we have the star performer, which is very important to me because they came in, mentored me, help me

lebanon and then or with iran then in the name of a state of emergency beacon recruits and the young people and don't no longer be in the streets in the. plaza demonstrating that instead it will be uniform and fighting a war and that would be the end i asked my twitter a chat last prize or at twitter to ask you some questions and one of those questions referred to war and i get it on a second but before i do continue on these protests so you're saying that the needs of the warfare state and israel's primarily a warfare state cannot go along therapist with the welfare state so the protesters are they how are they going to square that circle is there any way to transform the israeli economy which is fairly now almost entirely contingent upon the war how are they going to transform the israeli economy what's gonna do to make israel something less of a pariah and more of a functioning economy that's interested in the betterment of itself and those around it they going to come is not really contingent. on war the military part of the economy is both twelve percent that's a lot that's more

the mayor often talks about beacons on a hill. this is really a beacon on the hill that speaks to the world about the values san francisco has. one of those values is really preservation of things, making sure that when they're built, they're built to last, that they're beautiful, that their aesthetics are great. this is 75 years later and it's never looked this good. i really want to thank every single person today, i particularly want to thank rose dennis and her team. i want to thank the park rangers and the police department and the fire department and every single city employee who worked so hard over the last few days to make this work today. yesterday we were at the california academy of sciences unvietnamming an incredible sculpture by the artist maya ling. and to me, san francisco has this her i tange of art. we don't want to just put things up, we want them to be beautiful i go fishing with my kids every weekend. when we're out on the bay this is the symbol we look back to. it isn't the golden gealt bridge, it isn't the

we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear.e have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the opposition and the responsibilities that come with being the president of the board of supervisors. >> as president, i preside over the weekly meetings we have tuesday at 2:00 here in the chamber. i also determine which legislations will go to various committees that we have. as a district supervisor, i sit on a number of legislative committees. >> what are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco? >> we have a lot of challenges right now. we're still in the midst of the great recession. we know too many folks who are struggling in minimum-wage jobs. we know folks who have been laid off of work. as a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and economic development. we are also extremely challenge in our public transit. we talk about being a transit first city, but everyone has had the experience of sitting in gridlock, wa

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palestinians or with him in lebanon then it always iran then in the name of a state of emergency beacon recruits and the young people and i'm no longer be in the streets in the. plaza demonstrating that instead it will be uniform and fighting a war and that will be the end of the protests i asked my twitter a cat last ties or that sweater to ask is a class and a lot of questions refer to war and i get that a second but before i did. allow me to continue on these protests here saying that the needs of the warfare state in israel is primarily a warfare state cannot go along paris with the welfare state so the protesters are they how are they going to square that circle is there any way to transform the israeli economy which is currently now almost entirely contingent upon the war how are they going to transform the israeli economy what can i do to make israel something less of a pariah and more of a functioning economy that's interested in the betterment of itself and those around him and he's an economist not really contingents or mainly on war a. military part of the economy is both twe

beacon of freedom to the rest of the world then it all changed. reagan called f.d.r.'s concept of freedom nonsense he called it communism and he pivoted the nation toward a new definition of freedom the one republicans like ron paul and rick perry promote bill clinton continued the redefinition of freedom and ended welfare as we know it today half the great society has been repealed and the new deal centerpiece of social security is under attack regulations to keep us safe are being repealed taxes on the rich and corporations that pay for the social safety net are being dropped and despite republicans like to claim americans are more free from the government than they've ever been since the great depression. and what do we see happening working people's wages are going down more americans are living in poverty than in any other time in this nation's history at least twenty million americans are unemployed fifty three million americans are without health care more than forty million americans can't afford to put enough food on the table for their f

the beacon at the top is a tribute to he big apple. and museum ii now an conic target that will soon bb one of the ccty's biggest tourist attractions. kelly says: "this is the tenth anniversary and we know that usama bin laden spoke about it twice -- the posssbility about having some sort of terrorist attack on september 11, 11. wee have to take that seriously and we have o, really, redoubll our efforts here to prooect the site." the security includes metal detectors, xray's and body be a massive detail of poliie ann private security specialists with a command basically the location into which we gettfeeds from ccaeras that eedeppoy throughout the city, license plate readers, and radiation sensors" the security advanced, they can automatically detect threats like abandoned bags or suspicious packages. the exact numbers and ocations are secret but ttere are at leasttfour hundred visible cameras constantly urveying the world trade centerrsite. for the next week, commissioner kelly is focused on only one thing, for a great vacation you ca

family members say the harbormaster requires mets to carry a beacon -- boats to carry a -- a beacon. >>> police say a 67-year-old man in a wheel chair was crossing east homestead road near quince avenue around 1:00 yesterday morning when a vehicle hit him. the man was dragged 300 feet and later pronounced dead at the hospital. police don't have a description of the vehicle but say it should have significant front- end damage and possibly a broken windshield. >>> in richmond, police are looking for the driver of a vehicle similar to that, an older-model, dark-colored lexus, two-door sedan with tinted windows and a spoiler. police say this vehicle hit a man in a wheelchair on friday. >>> a new study shows that americans see much value in their newspaper. according to this report, almost three quarters say they get local news and information from local tv stations and their websites. more than half of -- half of them say they rely on newspapers for information. >>> desperate times call for desperate measures. whatever it takes i'm gonna do it to get a job. >> now, that's sherrell elonga

this is a beacon of hope. we are not stopping here. we are working along the third street corridor. steps that we are taking today are going to assure that folks who come to san francisco are going to come along the corridor and shop and spend their money and be able to see and feel the committee -- the community we have here. we will not be deterred by negative energy. we will continue to move forward in bill. i am glad to see the bayview here. it is today we kicked off the ambassadors program. -- yesterday we to adopt the ambassadors program. the commitment we have to the community is on wavering. we are going to be here. i will be here with the department heads the banking or screaming, they will be here. hello? 35 members. this is local hire at its finest. at one to introduce vivian. everyone needs a visionary. everyone needs a visionary on their team. she runs the sf shines program. i also want to acknowledge our third street management corridor. we and many partners year that will make this community robust and drive. with other partners. we have these san francisco housing de

this comes from a beacon economic report that was done in advance of the city signing. we're working with our office of economic analysis to make sure the planning has not change that number. it is one that impact how we plan. i wanted to focus on some of these small business opportunities. we not only have spectators to watch but the event authority who will have needs for hosting events. for stagecraft and all the rentals. we have the teens, this indicates that will be coming here and hosting their own events and having their own needs to host their teams -- form their teams. there are the corporate sponsors and in the types of events there will be having. there is the various induced spending. that is what accounting for the 8800. we're looking to capture as

san francisco has been a beacon to the entire world for creativity and innovation. want to thank you all for representing the very best of what that is all about. i also want to welcome you to this neighborhood. the tenderloin and mid market area is so grateful for all the changes we know will happen in the coming years. this year alone, we are bringing twitter to this area. we're bringing artists and theaters. we're bringing new hamburger joints and we are bringing burning man. i want to thank the burning and project for being on the edge of creative culture. you represent with the greatest partnerships are about, what happens when you bring the public and private sectors together. i know this project will be reaching out to children in the tenderloin. and want to thank you for doing that. i also want to thank burning man for one of the quality we like here in san francisco -- one other quality we like here in san francisco -- experimentation. a few blocks away from here, we have been experimenting with what it means to close market street, to take back parking spa

the department of environment keeps me up with great ideas, keeps me talking constantly about one beacon do as a city, how we can contribute to our environment. the department of the in gardening keeps me on my toes to say what can we create? so i want to thank chrysler, the department of energy, for their grants, the uc-davis, their work with the electrification transportation education program, to make sure that we test these things correctly. if we test them right, if we use our knowledge and experience the data here, we are going to have the best performing automobiles developed by the companies that have a great interest in saving us from oil and making sure that our country moves in the right direction. this is our new economy, one that i am proud to say we are doing across major cities across the country. but we in san francisco want to lead the way. we want to be the experimenters, the ones that push out this idea that we can do it in the bay area. if we do it here, it sends a trend across the country that they can do it elsewhere. get ourselves off of oil, into a more pollution-

. >> pamela maccoll, want to ask about the book beacon, the out clauses. >> a constitutional law professor. this book he really delves into the lesser-known clauses in the constitution, more curious causes and provisions that a lot of even legal scholars don't necessarily know a lot about. >> okay. in my hand here, michael brodsky, a clear history of the united states. >> a professor at dartmouth and a longtime scholar. we have just come out with this book which is doing very well. i think a lot of media coverage. it looks at over 500 years of a history in the united states. argues that it is not separate from american history because there were involved in so many important events in american history. >> i also want to ask about j michaelson is book. i don't know if you can see it on the side wall. >> spring of 2012. he really looks at the way -- he pushes back against the notion, the conservative religious notion which rejects day's and homosexual rights. >> finally, in defense of women, memoirs of an unrepentant advocate. >> at judge in boston, a clinton appointee, and we just came out

one, and number two, they were completely silent on whether or not they try to place these on the beacon, and both of these provide the perfect height. this gives them the exact same coverage area that they are looking for. thank you. president chiu: thank you. colleagues, any further follow- up? supervisor of -- supervisor campos? supervisor campos: justify look question. who can turn these off? if a worker has to do work, how does that happen? >> this is outside of our jurisdiction as far as ceqa review. d p h is the one that monitors the installations and activation, so as far as -- i know there is a master switch. i do not know where, but d.h. would no more. -- dph would no more. >> to the extent that someone has to be in that area, who turns it off? -- supervisor campos: to the extent that someone has to be in that area, who turns and off? that is one of the things that i find frustrating. it is not entirely clear what the process is, and i think it is helpful for us to have a very clear picture of how that works. i know that there the issues before us that are very narrow in nature

and a strong proponent of america in the wilsonian sense as a beacon of democratic enlightenment. we have this power, we have this great example of our people and our system, and we should be promoting this to the extent that we can around the world, that we're challenged by alien ideologies in russia and in germany and italy and elsewhere and that america is a beacon of hope. there's an interesting incident in 1932 right after, um, the election. you may know the story. fdr is president -- of course, in those days there was a four or five-month gap between the election and inauguration which was in march, not january. and fdr famously paid a courtesy call on president hoover, and somewhat to his surprise and annoyance, hoover had with him another duchess county neighbor of fdr's, ogden mills, who was the secretary of the treasury in the hoover administration. and the reason hoover had mills there was that hoover had wanted some sort of bipartisan confidence-enhancing measures during this ambiguous transition period. and he wanted to get roosevelt onboard. of course, nowadays we wo

. >> i've invited some of my closest musical colleagues to come and celebrate with me at the beacon theater in new york city. >> cnn sits down with one of the world's most popular entertainers. can you guess how old he is? >> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us here in the newsroom. i'm don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. here's what happened. >> one witness called the sound of the impact unbelievable and you can certainly see why. veteran pilot and hollywood stuntman jimmy leeward was killed. eight people in the crowd also died. photographs taken right before the crash show a piece of the plane appears to be missing. a piece that would have had a major impact on the pilot's ability to maintain control. cnn's dan simon is in reno, nevada tonight and he ha

there was a place sacred beaconed by time. i remember. the new born grass trampled beneath the earth. no one else should die here. there was a flash, no, 2 secrets locked in a fire ball. the shift of wind the sudden weight of blue heat formless days worn past, changed since the coming of endless night. >> and my last poem -- speaks to world events. and now i'm also thinking about the atrocities in berma. called the world i leave you. once there were 2 towers then there were none. i searched among the rubble for bones of men. what kind of world i leave you, what's human left of race? what more can i give you to resurrect your faith? smiles, i give and laughter like rain, flakes of snow that gently splay against the window pain. light transformed to rainbow, sweat from a dancer's brow. giggles of rivers running down mountains, flowers unfolding to face the sky. pain from sclap nal's path. blood from solders punctured hearts still borns pushed from aching wombs this belongs to you. dirt and miracles reborn. sweetness made sweeter by bitter s

. >> reporter: marshall school is a badly needed beacon of hope in east oakland wer hhere her son' options are -- >> i don't think it's safe. you can have wrought iron gates with military standing guard, and i still don't think it's that safe. >> reporter: along with marshall, lakeview elementary is on the chopping block with lazear. maxwell and santa fe in north oakland bring the total to fifrn. t the district says it's declining enrollment. >> san jose has the same number of students. they have 50-odd schools. stockton has exactly the same number of students we do, 38,000, they have 30-odd schools. conversely we have 101. >> reporter: three weeks ago when kaiser elementary appeared on a preliminary list of schools to close, parents waged a campaign to keep it open. it now appears their efforts paid off. it and four other schools are off the list. >> we feel great. we feel great but again we're concerned about the process moving forward. we know the ousd is planning on closing more schools. we want to make sure there's input and transparency. >> reporter: the closures affect 1,000 student